Student Tour

STUDENT TOUR

CREDITS

1934, 80 minutes, B&W.
Director, Charles F. Riesner; Screenplay, Ralph Spence and Phillip Dunne; Story, George Seaton, Arthur Bloch and Samuel Marx; Cinematography, Joseph Valentine; Music Direction, Jack Virgil; Choreography, Chester Hale.

CAST

Hank, Jimmy Durante; Professor Lippincott, Charles Butterworth; Ann Lippincott, Maxine Doyle; Bobby, Phil Regan; Mushy, Douglas Fowley; Cayenne, Betty Grable; Lilith, Florine McKinney; Jeff, Monte Blue; Hercules, Herman Brix; Himself, Nelson Eddy.

SONGS

A New Moon Is Over My Shoulder; From Now On; By the Taj Mahal; The Snake Dance; The Carlo; Fight 'Em by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown; I Just Say It With Music by Jimmy Durante.

PLOT SYNOPSIS

"[Jimmy Durante] played the trainer of a college rowing team that found itself in serious danger of jeopardizing an around-the-world tour in England - and a chance to compete in an important rowing event while over there - because all its members have flunked a philosophy exam. To alleviate the situation, professor Charles Butterworth generously offers to accompany them on the cruise and help them with their studies. His plain-Jane niece (Maxine Doyle) comes along for the ride as well - and proves Dorothy Parker right by removing her glasses and instantly finding true love in the hefty arms of the team's personable captain (Phil Regan)."
- Clive Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical

NOTES

"Jimmy Durante. . .once again was the victim of a haven't-we-been-here-before plot."
- Clive Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical

"Long, slow and of mild entertainment appeal."
- Variety

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